"I'm getting very close to making a final decision", Trump said, adding that he would "probably" have a decision by Sunday evening or Monday morning.

They include Judge Raymond Kethledge, 51, who sits on the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, who would puncture the Ivy League aura that cloaks the Supreme Court since he studied law at the University of MI and not Harvard or Yale.

All the major broadcast and cable news networks will air the announcement live.

Hardiman, 53, has served on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2007, having been appointed by Republican former President George W. Bush, after four years as a U.S. district judge in western Pennsylvania.

"Well, they're going to be completely in concert with President Trump's promise to only appoint biased judges who will overturn Roe".

In a wider sense, his nominee will also represent a triumph for conservatism and the organized effort to promote vetted conservative judges that offered McConnell a pipeline of candidates for lower courts and now is reaching the ultimate prize - a solid Supreme Court majority. "Every one, you can't go wrong". Without Republican defections, however, Senate rules leave Democrats with scant options to block confirmation of Trump's nominee. The President's hardline policy approach means the issue could well end up before the court soon.

Trump tweeted early Monday, after a weekend spent weighing his decision at his New Jersey golf club. Few have had any sleep in Bedminster, N.J., as deliberations continue over the pros and cons of the potential nominees, and no one is sure which way the president is going to go, the source said.

Kennedy's exit has afforded Trump the opportunity to replace the frequent swing vote on the court with a reliable conservative judge and influence the judiciary for decades.

By installing Gorsuch and another, similar candidate on the court, Trump can tell conservative voters that he kept his promises and give them a reason to solidify his electoral coalition. But there are red state Senate Democrats who are up for re-election in November like Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of WV and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. But the president in recent days seemed to narrow his shortlist for the court down to two other appellate judges, Brett Kavanaugh and Thomas Hardiman. He is hoping to replicate his successful announcement of Justice Neil Gorsuch previous year. He expressed renewed interest in Hardiman - the runner-up when Trump nominated Gorsuch, said two people with knowledge of his thinking who were not authorized to speak publicly. Trump insisted he still hadn't locked down his decision, which he wants to keep under wraps until a 9 p.m. Monday announcement from the White House.

Barrett - a longtime Notre Dame Law School professor who became a federal appeals judge last fall - excited social conservatives with her testimony when questioned about her Roman Catholic faith in her nomination hearings a year ago. I do think the president has to think about who is the easiest to get confirmed here.

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Hull has been a birdie machine this year as she ranks third on Tour in the category. "How hard was it?" I'm wearing a skirt. Lexi Thompson, Danielle Kang and Michelle Wie , who would have made a nice final trio for television, never did get going.

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His daughter Maryam Nawaz has been awarded seven and her husband Captain (retd) Safdar one year imprisonment in the case. The case is connection with several high-profile properties brought by the Sharif family in London in mid-1990s.

If so, such a boost would be significant for the country's oil production, which hit 10.03 million barrels per day (bpd) in May. Iranian OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili claimed Thursday Trump's tweets are putting upward pressure on prices .

When he started looking into Trump's policies, Wheeler said, "I was fully on board". "I am still not interested in that". That process could take several months - and potentially drag out past this November's midterm elections.

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